Protective and therapeutic effects of fucoxanthin against sunburn caused by UV irradiation

Mild exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation is also harmful and hazardous to the skin and often causes a photosensitivity disorder accompanied by sunburn. To understand the action of UV on the skin we performed a microarray analysis to isolate UV-sensitive genes. We show here that UV irradiation pro...

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Main Authors: Mio Matsui, Kosuke Tanaka, Naoki Higashiguchi, Hisato Okawa, Yoichi Yamada, Ken Tanaka, Soichiro Taira, Tomoko Aoyama, Misaki Takanishi, Chika Natsume, Yuuki Takakura, Norihisa Fujita, Takeshi Hashimoto, Takashi Fujita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861316301025